Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro-vitamin A content

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 482-487

  Paine, Jacqueline A ^a   Shipton, Catherine A ^a   Chaggar, Sunandha ^a   Howells, Rhian M ^a   Kennedy, Mike J ^a   Vernon, Gareth ^a   Wright, Susan Y ^a   Hinchliffe, Edward ^a   Adams, Jessica L ^b   Silverstone, Aron L ^b   Drake, Rachel ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); VITAMINS;

GOLDEN RICE; PLANT SYSTEM; VITAMIN A;

CROPS;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CRTI GENE; ENDOSPERM; ERWINIA; ERWINIA UREDOVORA; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; MAIZE; PLANT MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSY GENE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RICE; TRANSGENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAROTENOIDS; GENES; PLANTS; RICE; VITAMINS;

ERWINIA; NARCISSUS PSEUDONARCISSUS; PANTOEA ANANATIS; ZEA MAYS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BETA CAROTENE; ERWINIA; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23644440517     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1082     Document Type: Article

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